Enter Shop Floor Reporting Basic Data

Explanation

This activity is used to enter basic data settings related to shop floor reporting.

Prerequisites

N/A

System Effects

Based on the basic data entered, system will depend differently when reporting shop order operations and indirect jobs.

Window

Site
Work Center

Related Window Descriptions

Site/Extended Site Info/Manufacturing
Work Center/Detail

Procedure

  1. Open the Site window and click the Manufacturing tab. Query for the site.
  2. In Calendar Consideration field, you choose how you want the system to calculate reported time intervals that falls outside the calendar. (If IFS Human Resources is installed, the ideal option to use is Include Calendar Time and Overtime).
  3. In Reporting Mode field you choose whether the reported labor time should be registered on employees or anonymously.
  4. If you want the system to automatically trigger the Enter As dialog box, after Shop Floor Workbench window has been left idle for some time, select the Auto Trigger Enter As Dialog check box and enter the number of seconds when the dialog should be triggered in Time Idle field.
  5. If you select the Authorization Required check box, it indicates that manufacturing transactions can be authorized. If the site requires authorization, then in order to transfer the transactions to finance the transactions should be authorized.
  6. If you select the Override Employee Cost check box, it indicates that the labor cost for the transaction will be fetched from the labor class on the shop order operation, for the reported time type (i.e., setup or run). If this checkbox is not selected, the cost will be fetched either from HR or from the labor class that the employee belongs to.
  7. If you select the Default Time and Quantities on Report check box in Site/Extended Site Info/Manufacturing tab, the system will suggest the quantity and time to be reported when approving shop order operations in Shop Floor Workbench. If this check box is not selected, the quantity and time to be reported has to be entered manually.
  8. If you select the Receive by-products into inventory after approve operation check box, a dialog box to receive by-product will appear after the approve operation in Shop Floor Workbench window. The dialog box will open only when reporting operations and shop orders with by-products and after selecting Approve Op button for the selected operation in Shop Floor Workbench window.
  9. Save your changes.
  10. Open the Work Center window and query for the relevant work center.
  11. If you want to allow multiple operations to be run on the same work center resource simultaneously, make sure the Allow Concurrent Operations check box is selected.
  12. If you want the system to automatically stop the machine clocking when the last labor clocking on the operation is  automatically stopped, select the Auto Stop Machine Clocking check box.
  13. Save your changes.